Your Blogging Staff

Contributing to this blog:
- "Dave" is Dave Barry, who is a humor columnist and presidential contender.
- "judi" is Judi Smith, who is Dave's Research Department, as well as being interested in men.
- "Walter" is Walter, a bone from the penis of a walrus.

ANOTHER TROUBLING HEADLINE

WHY WE RESPECT POETRY.COM

Because it has very high standards, as you will see if you go here and search for the poem "How Much I Love You" by Freemont R. Pustule.

What's that? You think it's EASY to get a poem published on poetry.com? You think they'll publish ANYTHING?? Well then suppose you prove it, buster or busterette! Be sure to use the last name "Pustule," so we can find your work.

June 29, 2004

MEANWHILE, IN THE NON-SNOTTY NEWS

SNOTTY REPORT

Research indicates that Snotty is a community in Greene County, and The Zodiac Club is a nightclub. The chase took place through both Snotty and the Zodiac Club's parking lot. Sadly, there are no Snotty links. But there is plenty of local color on The Pulse of Alabama.

HURRAH!

BEAVER NEWS

"Survivor" star Amber Brkich has donated her bikinis to -- and this makes total sense to us -- an exhibit celebrating firefighters in the Beaver Area Historical Museum. The exhibit is "anchored by a hand-operated pumper from 1836."

June 27, 2004

THE RULES ARE DIFFERENT THERE

Dear Dave,

I have no idea whether or not this is the best way for you to actually see something, but I had to send this after your column a month or two ago about public etiquette. I live in Moscow, Russia, and receive your column by internet every week since it was dropped from the Moscow Times awhile back. Anyway, I think that public bathroom etiquette must be the final frontier in civilizations!

Even at the gorgeous, lush Bolshoi Theater, there are no seats on some of the toilets, as people just step on them anyway. Yes, go to any McDonald's or public restroom (women's anyway - can't speak for the guys. I would think that a urinal is a urinal), and there will likely be footprints on the toilet seat. Best I can figure is that they use the western style toilets as a squatty-hole-in-the-floor type. Go figure. And they DON'T wipe up the pee-pee that gets splattered about. In a smaller city outside of Moscow, in a newish mall type affair, I found the following in a public restroom. I had to take a picture of it.